Don't bite your nails. The child bit off a large piece of the candy bar.

6.

to start to eat (often followed by into):

She bit into her steak.

7.

to clamp the teeth firmly on or around (often followed by on):

He bit hard on the stick while they removed the bullet from his leg.

8.

Informal.

to take advantage of; cheat; deceive:

I got bitten in a mail-order swindle.

to annoy or upset; anger:

What's biting you, sorehead?

9.

to eat into or corrode, as does an acid.

10.

to cut or pierce with, or as with, a weapon:

The sword split his helmet and bit him fatally.

11.

Etching. to etch with acid (a copper or other surface) in such parts as are left bare of a protective coating.

12.

to take firm hold or act effectively on:

We need a clamp to bite the wood while the glue dries.

13.

Archaic. to make a decided impression on; affect.

verb (used without object), bit, bitten or bit, biting.

14.

to press the teeth into something; attack with the jaws, bill, sting, etc.; snap:

Does your parrot bite?

15.

Angling. (of fish) to take bait:

The fish aren't biting today.

16.

to accept an offer or suggestion, especially one intended to trick or deceive:

I knew it was a mistake, but I bit anyway.

17.

Informal. to admit defeat in guessing:

I'll bite, who is it?

18.

to act effectively; grip; hold:

This wood is so dry the screws don't bite.

19.

Slang. to be notably repellent, disappointing, poor, etc.; suck.

noun

20.

an act of biting.

21.

a wound made by biting:

a deep bite.

22.

a cutting, stinging, or nipping effect:

the bite of an icy wind; the bite of whiskey on the tongue.

23.

a piece bitten off:

Chew each bite carefully.

24.

a small meal:

Let's have a bite before the theater.

25.

a portion severed from the whole:

the government's weekly bite of my paycheck.

26.

a morsel of food:

not a bite to eat.

27.

the occlusion of one's teeth:

The dentist said I had a good bite.

28.

Machinery.

the catch or hold that one object or one part of a mechanical apparatus has on another.

a surface brought into contact to obtain a hold or grip, as in a lathe chuck or similar device.

the amount of material that a mechanical shovel or the like can carry at one time.

29.

sharpness; incisiveness; effectiveness:

The bite of his story is spoiled by his slovenly style.

30.

the roughness of the surface of a file.

31.

Metalworking. the maximum angle, measured from the center of a roll in a rolling mill, between a perpendicular and a line to the point of contact where a given object to be rolled will enter between the rolls.

Idioms

32.

bite off more than one can chew, to attempt something that exceeds one's capacity:

In trying to build a house by himself, he bit off more than he could chew.

33.

bite someone's head off, to respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment:

To bite the bullet is said to be 1700s military slang, from old medical custom of having the patient bite a lead bullet during an operation to divert attention from pain and reduce screaming. Figurative use from 1891; the custom itself attested from 1840s. To bite (one's) tongue "refrain from speaking" is 1590s. To bite the dust "die" is 1750 (Latin had the same image; cf. Virgil: procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit). To bite off more than one can chew (c.1880) is U.S. slang, from plug tobacco.